Oatly Apple and Pear Waffles

Apple, pear and oat drink from Oatly is refreshing and full of taste, great on its one but an amazing add on to this... Super crispy and light waffles!

Makes 3:
Plain flour (100g)
Apple pear oat drink (200 ml)
Baking powder (1 tsp)
Olive oil (1 tbsp)

Strawberry jam and peanut butter (for topping - optional)
(Waffle machine)

1) Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
2) Leave the batter to "swell" for 5-10 minutes.
3) Preheat the waffle iron.
4) Cook the batter in the waffle machine.
5) Eat the waffles warm or room temperature.

Vegan pineapple cake with cream fraiche

Oatly IMat fraiche... it's really fresh and delicious!

Makes 1 cake:
All-purpose flour (1 1/2 cup)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Extra virgin olive oil (1/2 cup) 
Agave syrup (1/2 cup)
Pineapple juice (1 cup) 

Topping:
IMat fraiche (200 ml)
Agave syrup (1tbsp)
Pineapple (200g)

1) Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F).
2) Line a small cake pan.
3) Mix together all ingredients in a large bowl.
4) Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Cool completely. 
5) Whip the Imat fraiche with the agave, spread evenly over the cake and sprinkle with pineapple.

Açai and Strawberry Oat Smoothie

A blend of goodness from Oatly and High Tech Scandinavia. Refreshing after a great run in the Swedish Autumn sun.

 

Serves 2:
Strawberries (100g - frozen)
Banana (1)
Açaí (powder - 1 tsp)
Oatly oat drink (400 ml)

1) Blend everything until smooth. Enjoy!

"The Pasta" - Fusilli with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

I think I can call this a family recipe... "the pasta"... that as always been the first answer from my little (higher than me) sisters for the question: what do you want for dinner?

I've already published a similar recipe but this one has a very special ingredient: oat imat creamy, full of flavour, light and delicious... another great product from Oatly.

Serves 2:
Fusilli (200g)
Mushrooms (200g)
Oatly imat (200ml)
Garlic (1tsp - powder)
Tomato Pulp (1 tbsp)
Soy Sauce (1 tbsp)
Olive oil
Pepper

1) Cook the fusilli "al dente", drain and reserve.
2) In a saucepan cook the mushrooms with a drizzle of olive oil until soft. Add the garlic, soy sauce and tomato pulp and mix until combined.
3) Add the oatly imat cream and simmer for 2 minutes.
4) Pour the sauce over the pasta and toss to coat. Season to taste with pepper.

Keep it simple - two ingredient overnight oats!

Sometimes it's better to keep things simple ... organic oat drink , tasty, nutritious and fresh...

We have been eaten, very often, overnight oats for breakfast, usually topped with some fresh fruit but today I used this drink from Oatly and the result was so surprisingly tastefull that I decided to stay with only two ingredients... and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Serves 2:
Rolled Oats (100g)
Oatly Organic Oat Drink Chilled (240 ml)
Cinnamon (optional)

1) Stir oats and oat drink together in a bowl. Place in fridge overnight or at least 3h.
2) Sprinkle with a dash of cinnamon and enjoy!

Havregurt Cake with Apple Topping

Oatly has this natural oatgurt: "We make our oatgurt on a fermented oat base that will remind you of yoghurt but it doesn’t contain the work of animals which puts it in a league all by itself."

So I've tried it... with granola like this one.

It's not a yogurt has they say but it's really much better... but while I as eating breakfast and tasting the oatgurt I had the idea to try it on a cake...

Havregurt cake with apple topping

Makes 1 cake:
All-purpose flour (2 cups)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Muscovado Sugar (1/2 cup)
Natural Oatgurt (1 cup)
Extra virgin olive oil (1/2 cup)
Water (1/2 cup)
Lemon (juice of 1)

Topping:
Apple (1-chopped)
Coconut oil (1 tbsp)
Muscovado Sugar (1 tbsp)

1) Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F).
2) Line a small cake pan.
3) Mix together all ingredients, except the lemon juice, in a large bowl. Add the lemon juice and mix well.
4) Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake at 180ºC.
5) Melt the coconut oil, add the apple, sugar and cinnamon over low heat. Cook the apples until tender.
6) Take the cake from the oven (it should be tender in the top) and add the apples. Return the cake to the oven.
7) Bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and the top is golden brown.

It's like milk but it's made for humans!

I've recently moved to Sweden and one of the brands that caught my attention was Oatly. I've contacted with them and they were really fast replying and sending me some coupons to test their products range. 

And the first product that I tested has the Chocolate Oat Drink and it tastes really great. But I had nothing to compare because as a kid I was allergic to cocoa and milk so I asked N. to write something about it...

When I was a boy growing up in Portugal in the 80's there was these small bottles with milk chocolate. They were delicious! The trouble was they were made up with milk which felt like I had heavy rocks inside my stomach, so I had to stop drinking it, but the memory of that wonderful flavour stayed with me in the recesses of my brain. When I drank Oatly chocolate drink for the first time immediately that memory poped up, bringing back with it a lot of other childhood memories of growing up in endless golden summers, endless days of carefree playful joy.

Finally I can have a chocolate drink that has all the flavour without the heavy feeling of milk, with the bonus of all the fiber.

N.